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Notable & Quotable

Brendan Miniter writing in the Thursday, Dec. 9, edition of "Political Diary," the editorial page's daily e-mail newsletter with commentary, analysis and gossip on election-year politics (subscriptions available at OpinionJournal.com):

Two weeks ago U.S. President George W. Bush twice publicly pressed Canada to join in building a missile defense system to protect North America. This immediately put Prime Minister Paul Martin on the defensive. The Liberal Party leader has been in power only 10 months and has yet...